Rat i mir, dio drugi

by Leo Tolstoy, Zlatko Crnković (Translator)

655 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой; most appropriately used Liev Tolstoy; commonly Leo Tolstoy in Anglophone countries) was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist fiction. Many consider Tolstoy to have been one of the world's greatest novelists. Tolstoy is equally known for his complicated and paradoxical persona and for his extreme moralistic and ascetic views, which he adopted after a moral crisis and spiritual awakening in the 1870s, after which he also became noted as a moral thinker and social reformer.

His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him in later life to become a fervent Christian anarchist and anarcho-pacifist. His ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You, were to have a profound impact on such pivotal twentieth-century figures as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Reviews

[Ivana S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Za ovakve knjige je nemoguće napisati osvrt kakav zaslužuju i dotaknuti se svih razloga zbog kojih su to što jesu. Nemoguće neću ni pokušavati, jedino što sad mogu reći je da sam zbilja uživala u svakoj minuti čitanja.
I ozbiljni dijelovi, i oni pomalo ''sapuničavi'', i razvoj likova i događaja, opažanja i razmišljanja Tolstoja o slobodi čovjeka i o svemu što dovodi do velikih događaja, misli i djela likova, veze i odnosi među njima, kao i odnosi Aleksandra i Napoleona i cijeli tijek rata... Ma svaki dio ove velike knjige mi se svidio. Zbilja vrhunski napisano.

Andrej Bolkonski je lik koji me se najviše dojmio i bez obzira na sve, već znam da će mi prva asocijacija na ''Rat i mir'' od sada uvijek biti scena u kojoj promatra onaj hrast. Taj mi je detalj i nakon završetka cijele knjige još uvijek najupečatljiviji.

Voljela bih jedino da je rasplet još detaljnije opisan. To bi značilo još stranica, ali svejedno bi mi bilo drago da sam mogla bolje ''vidjeti'' one događaje između posljednjih poglavlja i epiloga. Sve je to fino zapakirano i završeno, ali bi mi bio draži laganiji prijelaz umjesto ovog skoka do kraja. Nije to velika zamjerka, ali eto...

Sve u svemu, odlično štivo.

[Niki Sven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Još jedan i više nego sjajan deo ove knjige je iza mene - meni naročito drag, jer je manje ratne tematike, a više drame.

U ovom delu sam pratila sve svoje omiljene likove kako se batrgaju da unesu neki smisao u svoj život i da krenu da mu se raduju (i pritom ne uspevaju), a zatim i neke malo manje omiljene kako najzad odrastaju. Uvek mi je prezanimljivo da čitam u romanima iz 19.veka o tome kako su ljudi srljali u brakove i romanse ("Volim Vas" - a videli se doslovno 3 puta) i da se iznenadim što čudna mi čuda 16-godišnje devojčice u roku od par meseci zaborave verenika kao da nije ni postojao jer im je neko nov zavrteo glavu (ne mogu da kažem da ih krivim, sa 16 sam se zaljubljivala svakih 5 minuta). I dalje me beskrajano iritira upotreba francuskog, doduše zahvalna sam Tolstoju što je u ovom tomu malo smanjio doživljaj po tom pitanju i na određenim mestima stavljao samo "reče on na francuskom, na kome se ceo razgovor i vodio".

Sve u svemu, tom kroz koji se vrlo brzo gura i koji sa sobom donosi propast tako karakterističnu za ruske romane - "deep dive" u likove, već vrlo jasno formiranje centralnih i sporednih likova, dovoljno da već imamo svoje favorite i da jedva čekamo da saznamo njihove sudbine.

[Antonio · Rating 3 out of 5]

I skipped War and Peace during high school and never really considered reading the book because it was synonymous for very long and boring books.

Then I discovered that this is actually a historical novel about times during Napoleonic wars from Russian perspective. I already read about Napoleonic wars, but from Napoleon's perspective, so this was refreshing and educational about Russia at the beginning of the 19th century. All the characters are nobels (duches and the counts) from the upper class of Russian society.

This is 2nd book in the series of four, and it covered 1806‐1811. the period of peace between two wars. This book describes mostly the life of nibels at that time..

Here is one interesting quote that describes how Russians thought of French at that time:
‘How can we fight the French, Prince?’ said Count Rastopchin. ‘Can we arm ourselves against our teachers and divinities? Look at our youths, look at our ladies! The French are our Gods: Paris is our Kingdom of Heaven.’

This is my assessment of this book, War and Peace Book 2 by Leo Tolstoy, according to my 7 criteria:
1. Too long and strenuous action - exciting and/or short - 4 stars
2. Boring - fun - 4 stars
3. It is not difficult to read (as for non-English native speakers - I read it on Kindle in Croatian
4. Predictable (common) - good story (unusual) - 3 stars
5. Shallow story - has a deeper meaning - 3 stars.
6. The story is mass and unfinished - the story is clear, understandable, and well-rounded - 3 stars
7. Dry and uninspired style of writing - Smooth style with humorous and fun characters - 3 stars

Total 3.33 stars

[Bea · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Matej · Rating 5 out of 5]

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